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grantcart

(53,061 posts)
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 11:55 PM Mar 2012

From the Romney "people", "Toons for Romney" = idiocy you have to see to believe.

From the "How Stupid Do These People Think We Are?" Department;

The Romney campaign is getting roasted in editorial cartoons almost since its inception so out pops MittFitts.com: "Toons for Romney – is a grassroots effort to support the candidacy of Governor Mitt Romney for President in 2012."

First some examples from people who are working to get Romney elected:









Here is the entire gallery: http://mittfitts.com/mittfitts-cartoon-gallery/

Now the site's owners state that they are an entirely 'grassroots' campaign with 'no' affiliation to the Romney campaign. The site has high expensive production value, sophisticated lay out and archeticture, elaborate RSS feeds, elaborate guest tracking, sophisticated legal advise, professional comic book artists formerly working for DC Comics and now illustrating for the LDS Church.

They purport to be 'grassroots' with no connection to the Romney campaign. All net proceeds from the site go to "are donated to the Romney for President campaign or affiliated Political Action Committees."

Right. No affilitation with the campaign.

In any case two mind numbing alternatives.

The first is that this is (98% probability) the off shoot of one of their PACs brainstorming sessions with their PR/Advertising people and they think that this kind of crappola is the kind of stuff that is going to get any traction with the American public at all.

The other is that this is (2% probability) the result of a bunch of guys from Romney's actual 'grass roots' campaign getting together.

Either possibility and the actual exeuction of the site is nauseating in either interpretation, ridiculous in their conception, profoundly idiotic in their substance, devoid of any humor at any point and if widely distributed absolutely counter productive to getting normal Americans to support their candidate.

Just how stupid do they think the American Public is?

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From the Romney "people", "Toons for Romney" = idiocy you have to see to believe. (Original Post) grantcart Mar 2012 OP
OMG. denem Mar 2012 #1
Try on-demand astro-turf and I think you'd be closer to the truth. ~nt 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #13
It's not a dichotomy jberryhill Mar 2012 #2
Romney grassroots :- denem Mar 2012 #3
LOL! Skittles Mar 2012 #41
One word: ProSense Mar 2012 #4
Very nice. I'm officially stealing this, right now. ~nt 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #14
In the Bubble! Icicle Mar 2012 #5
These suck. They just HAVE to be parody. Bucky Mar 2012 #6
Not parody, the artist works for the LDS Church. grantcart Mar 2012 #7
the artist works for the LDS Church. AlbertCat Mar 2012 #28
google "MittsFitts" you will see all of the Romney groups patting themselves on the back grantcart Mar 2012 #30
I don't think you've ever seen comics by religious prosletyzers... JHB Mar 2012 #17
they usually so ham-handed that they are parody to any non-beleiver. AlbertCat Mar 2012 #29
Romeny in a codpiece krispos42 Mar 2012 #8
lol grantcart Mar 2012 #23
Consentrate on the cape! AlbertCat Mar 2012 #31
Wow, that's pretty WTF AtheistCrusader Mar 2012 #9
Gawd, what lame astroturf toons :-/ trusty elf Mar 2012 #10
LOL +100 nt 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #15
OMG, this photoshop is TEH AWESSOAM! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #43
Hey Blanche! Yeah, it's one of mine. trusty elf Mar 2012 #45
Wow! you got some madskillz, boy-eeeee!! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #47
Thanks for taking the time to look, Blanche, trusty elf Mar 2012 #56
I'd be careful. the Etch-a-Sketch is made of Kryptonite. n/t jtuck004 Mar 2012 #11
OMG They are all so unbelievably bad! JNelson6563 Mar 2012 #12
Hate to break it to yah ... GeorgeGist Mar 2012 #16
That last one forgot to have "rationality" bouncing off malthaussen Mar 2012 #18
" Just how stupid do they think the American Public is? " DFW Mar 2012 #19
Just how stupid do they think the American Public is? pangaia Mar 2012 #20
Did anypne read the 2 comments? pangaia Mar 2012 #21
OK sorry for all the posts.. pangaia Mar 2012 #22
good catch grantcart Mar 2012 #24
This one is just hillarious! LiberalLovinLug Mar 2012 #25
Craps! Thanks for the memories. DippyDem Mar 2012 #26
It is a reallly twisted world that they live in. grantcart Mar 2012 #27
OK, it's just cheerleading Jack Rabbit Mar 2012 #32
In history there have been lots of groups that acknowledge Jesus as the Christ but grantcart Mar 2012 #33
I'm a non-trinitarian, too Jack Rabbit Mar 2012 #37
So I am I, now a Buddhist. I just think that Christians should be able to define and label their grantcart Mar 2012 #39
Huh? AlbertCat Mar 2012 #34
Yuck! Look at the Bulge in "Mitt of Steel's" diaper! Number23 Mar 2012 #35
That the ™ LDS underwear denem Mar 2012 #38
Do they have one of him winning any state Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #36
This reminds me of Iwillnevergiveup Mar 2012 #40
HAAAA!!! HAA HAA!! *gasp* HAAHEEE >>what<< *snort* >>do you mean<< BWAAAHHHH BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #42
lol grantcart Mar 2012 #49
.... BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #50
Why am I laughing at the cartoons and not with the cartoons? marble falls Mar 2012 #44
Pathetic. sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #46
Truly epic stoopid. hifiguy Mar 2012 #48
FAIL liberal N proud Mar 2012 #51
the rwingers are utterly bereft of a sense of humour Whisp Mar 2012 #52
The site is down alfredo Mar 2012 #53
nah its still up for me grantcart Mar 2012 #54
It's working now. alfredo Mar 2012 #55
Gone again. /nt mwb970 Mar 2012 #57
No its up its just that your browser has a minimum idiocy bar that doesn't allow really grantcart Mar 2012 #58
Ha ha! Very hokey. Are they sure "Man of Steel" isn't just emanating stuff instead? /nt MatthewStLouis Mar 2012 #59
 

denem

(11,045 posts)
1. OMG.
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 12:01 AM
Mar 2012

"an entirely 'grassroots' campaign with 'no' affiliation to the Romney campaign". What sort of grassroots are these, putting greens?

Icicle

(121 posts)
5. In the Bubble!
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 12:30 AM
Mar 2012

Mitt lives in his 2% world -- he's got no clue what goes on outside of it. I'm sure the "rabid" among his campaign staff are dreaming of the untold riches headed their way if he were to become president.

More like "Mitt of Kleenex"


Bucky

(53,947 posts)
6. These suck. They just HAVE to be parody.
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 01:26 AM
Mar 2012

These cartoons don't even mean anything. The etch-a-sketch and the superman cartoons are actually making fun of him.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
7. Not parody, the artist works for the LDS Church.
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 01:40 AM
Mar 2012

"These cartoons don't even mean anything".

Neither does the candidate.
 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
28. the artist works for the LDS Church.
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 05:36 PM
Mar 2012

See, that's the "grass roots" organization that started this.... no?

What could be more "grass roots" than the church of the LDS?

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
30. google "MittsFitts" you will see all of the Romney groups patting themselves on the back
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 05:39 PM
Mar 2012

Quite a lot of BS all linked together.

JHB

(37,157 posts)
17. I don't think you've ever seen comics by religious prosletyzers...
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 09:52 AM
Mar 2012

...they usually so ham-handed that they are parody to any non-beleiver.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
31. Consentrate on the cape!
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 05:40 PM
Mar 2012

The funniest thing about that cartoon is that all those charges have actually stuck.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
43. OMG, this photoshop is TEH AWESSOAM!
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 08:33 AM
Mar 2012

did you make this??? It's terrific! Love little hidden funnies -- the "moran" guy, palin, mcain, and.....The Bewsh Turd Flag (tm)! HAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!

trusty elf

(7,380 posts)
45. Hey Blanche! Yeah, it's one of mine.
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 09:14 AM
Mar 2012


If you'd like to see some more, please have a look in my journal.



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BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
47. Wow! you got some madskillz, boy-eeeee!!
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 11:51 AM
Mar 2012

(ha, there's some mad street slang, for ya. Get me a job at UrbanDictionary. LOL)

But seriously, you are fantastic, Elf! the creativity, image-scavenging, shadow and perspective, balance, composition, humor...... I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!


Don't know if you ever look at Tarot cards, but digital collage is getting popular (I love Tarot art)

oh dang, I'm at work, gotta ZOOOOOM outa here to an assignment now.

later.

trusty elf

(7,380 posts)
56. Thanks for taking the time to look, Blanche,
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 03:42 AM
Mar 2012

and thanks for being so appreciative! I'm glad you enjoy my collages! I have fun making them. After Dubya's reign of error, I sort of lost my inspiration, but there are so many repub dumbasses at whom to take aim, that my photoshopping never gets rusty. I'm not "rusty elf"



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DFW

(54,302 posts)
19. " Just how stupid do they think the American Public is? "
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 11:41 AM
Mar 2012

Very.

And they are a lot closer to the truth than most of us would like to believe.

A ticket of Osama bin Laden and Nasrallah would get 42% of the vote as long as they ran as Republicans.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
20. Just how stupid do they think the American Public is?
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 12:08 PM
Mar 2012

right.... They KNOW how stupid! Read another post on DU front page about the stupidity of the American populace.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
21. Did anypne read the 2 comments?
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 12:16 PM
Mar 2012

EEEEEIIIIII !!!

You know.. I wonder if this is really a really real pro-Mitt site.. or a spoof.. it is that bad, er funny... :&gt )

Basketball today.. Go Louisville !!!

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
22. OK sorry for all the posts..
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 12:20 PM
Mar 2012

Check out the "MAROON" cartoon. With the cross on the island, What does the crescent moon remind you of..? On a quick look? HA !!

LiberalLovinLug

(14,165 posts)
25. This one is just hillarious!
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 02:56 PM
Mar 2012



.....NOT!

The problem with humor and conservatives is that because they have such a hard time laughing at themselves, they also have a hard time with making jokes about their opponents.

DippyDem

(659 posts)
26. Craps! Thanks for the memories.
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 04:08 PM
Mar 2012

So much of the LDS art is truly ugly. There really is something missing in their souls that causes the bizarre art.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
32. OK, it's just cheerleading
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 06:43 PM
Mar 2012

When I was chairman of the McGovern campaign at LA Valley College, I did some of that, too.

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I would say he's all those things except a RINO (he supports the primacy of the elites of American society, aka the establishment) and a non-Christian (Mormons acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, so they are Christian). I am a non-Christian, so whether Mormons are Christian heretics is something I'll leave to the Church of JCLDS and other branches of Christianity to hash that out. I don't care about Romney's religion; I'm not going to vote for somebody who mistakes corporations for human beings.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
33. In history there have been lots of groups that acknowledge Jesus as the Christ but
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 07:45 PM
Mar 2012

for 1700 years the word 'Chrstian' has been used to designate the broad 98% of the followers of Christ that follow the Apostles and Nicene Creed and the basic premis of the Holy Trinity. Mormons do not accept either the Apostles Creed or the Nicene Creed so would fall outside of the normal definition of 'Christian'. For example after the ecumenical council in Nicea in 325 those that did not accept the orthodox explanation of WHO and WHAT the Christ was were forever labelled 'Gnostic Christians' even though the 'accepted Jesus Christ as Lord of Savior' while the 'trinitarian' Christians became known simply as 'Christians'. Mormon commentators seek to get themselves 'inside the parlor' by referring to Christians as 'trinitarians' and Mormons as 'Non-Trinitarians'. I think that if 98% of a group conclude that X is an essential part of being Y that the 98% should then be able to define the term that applies to the 98% and not allow the 2% to define the term to their preference.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
37. I'm a non-trinitarian, too
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 09:36 PM
Mar 2012

Specifically, UU. We have a lot of respect for the bishops who were rejected by the Nicene council, such as the Arians and the Gnostics.

For my part, I am not a Christian because I have since I was a teenager rejected the doctrine of "one and only one way to salvation." A just God cannot be a sectarian bigot. If there is a Heaven where the good are rewarded, Mahatma Gandhi is there.

My own view of God would make me what is properly called a pantheist, in which I also reject the separation of creator and the creation. That allows me to look at the cosmos both rationally and mystically. Yes, there is room for both, even in the same mind.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
39. So I am I, now a Buddhist. I just think that Christians should be able to define and label their
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 11:18 PM
Mar 2012

doctrinal boundaries without it being hijacked by people with ulterior motives.

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
34. Huh?
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 07:57 PM
Mar 2012



So now Andy Warhol is Big Brother...... uh huh....


Don't you feel the disconnect? It's like they don't understand the inagery they're using. Is that good for a cartoonist, I ask you.

Pitiful, sophomoric fail!

Ruby the Liberal

(26,219 posts)
36. Do they have one of him winning any state
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 09:09 PM
Mar 2012

south of Virginia?

Doesn't really help to only 'win' the states that will go Blue in November.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
42. HAAAA!!! HAA HAA!! *gasp* HAAHEEE >>what<< *snort* >>do you mean<< BWAAAHHHH
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 08:23 AM
Mar 2012
"devoid of any humor at any point" ?

I'm laughing my ASS off!!!!!!!


 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
52. the rwingers are utterly bereft of a sense of humour
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 09:11 PM
Mar 2012

I've noticed this a while ago - truly witless dullards, the lot of them.

maybe that's why they're so hateful.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
58. No its up its just that your browser has a minimum idiocy bar that doesn't allow really
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 11:42 AM
Mar 2012

super lame stuff past.

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